Smábátaútgerð og grásleppukarlar
Hafnarfjörður hefur frá aldaöðli byggst upp í kringum höfnina og hefur hún verið ein helsta lífæð bæjarins í gegnum árin. Smábátar og trillur hafa leikið þar stórt hlutverk og verið áberandi þáttur útgerðarinnar og bæjarlífsins megnið af 20. öldinni.
Hafnarfjörður hefur frá aldaöðli byggst upp í kringum höfnina og hefur hún verið ein helsta lífæð bæjarins í gegnum árin. Smábátar og trillur hafa leikið þar stórt hlutverk og verið áberandi þáttur útgerðarinnar og bæjarlífsins megnið af 20. öldinni.
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SMALL BOAT FISHERIES AND LUMPFISH FISHERMEN | BOAT BUILDING IN THE TOWN 51
The company was incorporated in 1956 and its name was subsequently changed to Bátalón, by which
time it had constructed a workshop by Hvaleyrartjörn. In this location, a multitude of boats were built of
varying shapes and sizes, among them the famous Bátalón boats that were 11-12 tons in size and
gained a reputation for bringing luck to those who sailed on them. Bátalón also began building forwardcontrol
boats, possibly as early as 1953, which were seen as an innovation at the time. The Básar boat
building yard was established in 1973 and moved temporarily to the town after the volcanic eruption on
Heimaey. At first it was accommodated in an old warehouse in Hafnarfjörður, which was on loan from
Loftur Bjarnason, and a total of 5 boats of different sizes were built there. Eyjólfur Einarsson ran
Bátasmiðja Eyjólfs in Hafnarfjörður, which built a great number of small boats over the years. Bátasmiðja
Guðmundar built boats from fiberglass. Guðmundur Lárusson and Regin Grímsson founded the company
Mótun Hf. in 1976, which was the precursor of Bátasmiðja Guðmundar. The company built plastic boats
according to a Faeroese design, which proved to be very popular so the company produced many dozens
of them.
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